Wanted to share a few from Katy and Chris’ St. Mary’s Catholic Church wedding and Moore Ranch reception from this spring! St. Mary’s is one of my favorite places to shoot a wedding ceremony. The light in the sanctuary is amazing and the moment Katy’s father gave her away was priceless. Enjoy!

Last night I read a wonderful story about the Paralympics written by Elyse Snyder. In her article she quotes American Paralypmic swimmer Bradley Snyder who said “Olympians show you what the human body is capable of, Paralympians show what you the human spirit is capable of.”

With the Olympics starting this week, I wanted to share a few photos of some of my favorite athletes. For background, my daughter, Maria plays with the Houston Junior Hotwheels basketball team in Houston. She has been practicing with them since March and they begin their season in September.

I hope you enjoy these pictures from one of the team’s offseason workouts. They are truly inspiring athletes and enjoy competing.

Several weeks ago Aggie swimmer and 2012 Olympic-gold medalist Breeja Larson stopped by the studio. With the Olympic Swim Trials next one of her sponsors wanted a portrait for the trails. Afterward we took a few minutes to create a few extra portraits for her and me.

One of Breeja’s missions is empowerment for women. I asked her to write about her campaign. This is what Breeja wrote:

“The women empowerment campaign idea came from a conversation I had with a young girl I spoke to at an Arena Swim Clinic Appearance. She was a beautiful young girl with a very muscular build. She asked me if I hated my muscle. I could see right away how self conspicuous she was of her beautiful muscle tone and I saw the opportunity to help build her confidence. So I told her that I absolutely love my muscles that I worked so hard for. Yes, it’s harder to find clothes, and yes- I’m stronger than a lot of guys and sometimes I was teased when I was younger. So I told her that anyone who teased her was insanely jealous, and she should walk with absolute confidence and never feel like her muscles make her any less of a beautiful woman. After this conversation I thought that there were probably a lot of young female athletes who might feel the same about their muscular toned bodies and I always felt better about my “flaws” growing up if I saw a celebrity or someone I looked up to have the same “flaw” and was still successful, like Will Ferrell has crooked teeth or Kate Hudson is flat chested, and both are confident in their appearance so I could be to if I owned my own look. So if I could show all the young female athletes and women in general that muscle is beautiful and it is something to be proud of and not ashamed or embarrassed by, then that one step closer to a better society.”

What a pleasure taking your wedding photos! Thank you. Your ceremony at New Heights Church was just beautiful and spending time doing the after shoot at the Equine Center was the perfect ending to a wonderful day.